Rebecca Nicholson
Charli XCX: True Romance - review
(Asylum) London's Charlotte Aitchison is just 20, but she's already got four years of banging away at pop's door under her belt. By not rushing out an album until now, however, she seems to have found the time to iron out the creases that made her seem
Paramore: Paramore - review
(Atlantic) Fourth album from the stadium-packing Tennessee band, who went from five members to three in an acrimonious split a couple of years ago, and nearly called it a day. Instead, the remaining members kept at it, recruiting a new producer to hone t
The Strokes: Comedown Machine - review
(Rough Trade) Apparently all five members of the Strokes were in the studio together for the recording of Comedown Machine, unlike its acrimonious predecessor Angles, which came together largely by email. Not that you would know it: their fifth album isDeptford Goth: Life After Defo - review
(Merok) Sensitive, synth-nurturing young men of a delicate timbre were all over music a couple of years ago, and this saturation makes Daniel Woolhouse, aka Deptford Goth , a difficult sell: the music is dreamy, he's pensive, and he sings as if he's mor
Night Works: Urban Heat Island - review
(Loose Lips) Gabriel Stebbing cut his teeth in Metronomy and Your Twenties, so this, his solo debut, brings with it an expectation of arch electropop, and perhaps a decent light show. At first, Night Works appears to be more fragile than his previous worTheme Park: Theme Park - review
(Transgressive) South London trio Marcus, Miles and Oscar have made an album of upbeat indie-dance that would have been perfect for an opening act on an NME Tour in 2009, with Late of the Pier propping up the middle and Friendly Fires headlining. It's en
Darkstar: News from Nowhere - review
(Warp) Those familiar with Darkstar's signature single, Aidy's Girl Is a Computer , may find their reinvention startling. The trio have moved from Hyperdub to Warp , stepped away from glitchy dubstep and fallen headfirst into hazy, Animal Collective
